37 CFR § 11.505 - Unauthorized practice of law.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s11.505"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 11.505 - Unauthorized practice of law."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "11.505"
section_name: "Unauthorized practice of law."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "11"
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